HR5-118

Passed House

To ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the Nation’s public schools.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 1, 2023

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill requires schools to post curriculum publicly or provide access within 2 business days, requires school districts to include detailed budgets in annual report cards, and requires LEAs to post parent engagement plans publicly. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, savings clause, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Education, Parental Rights, and Technology.

Who Benefits and How

Parents could face fewer barriers, Local educational agencies and public schools could face lower compliance burdens, and Parents of public school students could face reduced risk.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Local school districts would take on compliance duties, Local educational agencies and public schools would take on compliance duties, and Parents of public school students could face increased risk.

Key Provisions

  • Requires schools to post curriculum publicly or provide access within 2 business days.
  • Requires school districts to include detailed budgets in annual report cards.
  • Requires LEAs to post parent engagement plans publicly.
  • Creates affirms parents First Amendment right to express opinions on education decisions.
  • Requires strengthens FERPA enforcement and requires reporting on enforcement actions.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill requires schools to post curriculum publicly or provide access within 2 business days, requires school districts to include detailed budgets in annual report cards, and requires LEAs to post parent engagement plans publicly.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Parental Rights, Technology

Primary Purpose

The bill requires schools to post curriculum publicly or provide access within 2 business days, requires school districts to include detailed budgets in annual report cards, and requires LEAs to post parent engagement plans publicly.

Policy Domains

Education Parental Rights Technology

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • Parents
  • Local educational agencies and public schools
  • Parents of public school students
  • Parents and taxpayers
  • Students
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Identified Costs
  • Local school districts
  • Local educational agencies and public schools
  • Parents of public school students
  • Transgender and gender-nonconforming students
  • School districts
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Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 27, 2023

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, …

Mar 14, 2023

Additional sponsors: Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Lamborn, …

Mar 14, 2023

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Mar 1, 2023

Ms. Letlow (for herself, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Emmer, Ms. Stefanik, …

Mar 1, 2023 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Education
83 mentions across 49 clauses
+34 positive -35 negative ?14 uncertain

Curriculum and instructional material providers, Educational agencies and institutions, Educational institutions and school systems

Curriculum and instructional material providers, Educational agencies and institutions, Educational institutions and school systems, Elementary and middle-grade schools receiving Department of Education funds, Outside speakers and represented organizations at school events, Parents and guardians of public school students, Parents and students, Parents and taxpayers, Parents of minor students, Parents of public school students, Private entities paid by school districts, School administrators and staff, Transgender and gender-nonconforming students face effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Non-public elementary and secondary schools, Parents and students in career and technical education schools, Students seeking access to school library materials

Negative-direction: Local educational agencies, Parents seeking to restrict other students' access to materials, Secondary career and technical education schools, State and local educational agencies and schools

General Public
28 mentions across 28 clauses
+28 positive

Parents, Parents and taxpayers, Students

Government
16 mentions across 15 clauses
+2 positive -6 negative ?8 uncertain

Congressional education and appropriations committees, Department of Education, Education policymakers and school officials

Federal education agencies faces effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Congressional education and appropriations committees

Negative-direction: Department of Education, Government Accountability Office

Educational Services
14 mentions across 14 clauses
-14 negative

Local school districts, School districts

State & Local Government
4 mentions across 4 clauses
+2 positive -2 negative

State educational agencies

State educational agencies faces effects in multiple directions

Technology
4 mentions across 4 clauses
+2 positive -2 negative

Education technology vendors and school service providers

Education technology vendors and school service providers faces effects in multiple directions

18/18
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Parental Rights Technology

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